5+ hour, 47+ min ago  (107+ words) (This climate issue brief is authored by CLEE's partners at the Building Decarbonization Coalition and Caliber Strategies.) The next governor will need to tackle several key issues, below are a few examples: Ensuring that our buildings remain safe, clean, and…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (689+ words) Worrying Gaps in CA Climate Disclosure Implementation'Legal Planet Environmental Law and Climate Policy Insights Worrying Gaps in CA Climate Disclosure Implementation Guest contributors Cynthia Hanawalt and Andy Fitch write that CARB lacks authority to exempt insurers from GHG emissions reporting....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (448+ words) [The federal government filed suit today to block California's regulations relating to EVs. The government's theory is that the regulations are preempted by federal CAFE standards. "For that reason, I'm re-upping this post, which makes an argument for why that…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (150+ words) Skyrocketing electricity costs pose a formidable political and economic barrier as California pushes to decarbonize its power supply and electrify homes and transportation. The stakes for the incoming governor are incredibly high: average residential rates for large investor-owned utilities (IOUs)…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (342+ words) Environmental Law and Climate Policy Insights Here's a social media post whose content won't surprise you: "Solar power is the energy of the future. "Giant fusion reactor up there in the sky " we must rapidly expand solar to compete with…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (617+ words) Julia Stein is Supervising Attorney for the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic, and Project Director for the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law. Prior to UCLA, she practiced at multinational and California-based law…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (657+ words) Ted Lamm is CLEE's Associate Director. In this role, he coordinates CLEE's Research Fellow program and leads CLEE's EV Equity Initiative, a multi-year effort to develop local government tools that advance zero-emissions mobility investment in priority communities. His other work…...

9+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (619+ words) Julia Stein is Supervising Attorney for the Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic, and Project Director for the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at UCLA School of Law. Prior to UCLA, she practiced at multinational and California-based law…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago  (181+ words) Environmental Law and Climate Policy Insights These issue briefs cover Building Decarbonization, Electricity Affordability, the Energy Transition, Housing and Climate, Resilience and Adaptation, Transportation, Water, and Wildfire. Each issue brief provides an overview of the topic in the context of…...

3+ week, 3+ hour ago  (847+ words) Eric Biber is a specialist in conservation biology, land-use planning and public lands law. Biber brings technical and legal scholarship to the field of environmental law. Prior to joining Berkeley Law in 2006, he worked in the Denver office of Earthjustice,…...